Type-writer-carriage control.



No. 880,174. PATENTED FEB. 25, 1908.

c. M. SORENSBN. TYPE WRITER CARRIAGE CONTROL.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 22. l907.

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Ye. M. SORENSEN. TYPE WRITEB CARRIAGE CONTROL. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 22, 1907.

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CHARLES M. SOREXSEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO VIDAL TYPEWRITER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., 'A CORPORATION OF CUBA.

TIIPE-WRITER-CABRIAGE CONTROL.

' Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed October 22.1907. Serial 130. 3981532.

Patented Feb. 25, 1 908.

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES M. 550mm- SEN, a citizen of the United States of America,

to make and use the same.

This invention relates directly toan appli cation for'ia patent of the United States on typewriters, filed by me on the22d. day of -October, 1-907, SerialNumber 398,580, and

has for its object to provide means whereby the carriage of such a machine may be under control at all times; a further object being to provide means for this purpose which are located at the keyboard of the machine;'a

further object being to providemeans at the 1 said keyboard whereby said carriage ma be returned to its initial or any intermediate position at any time; a still-further object being to provide means at the said keyboard whereby the said carriage may breleased from any position and permitted to passto its extreme or any intermediateposition at any time either for tabulating'or other purposes and a still further object being to provide such devices which are sim le in'construction and operation and whic are readily adaptable to machines of the present conreference characters in struction.

My invention is any described inthe following specificationpf which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts thereof are designated by the same each of the views, and inwhich: w I

Figure 1 is a plan viewof a typewriter provided with my invention; and Flg. 2 is aside elevation thereof.

In the drawings forming apart of this application',- I have shown a typewriter com prising a support .a, a carriage b movable transversely of saidfsu port, a, platen b thereon and a keyboar 0 comprising the usual printing, spacin and shifting'keys.

Upon the right hand side of the support a I have shown a longitudinally arranged bar -d',' prov-ided with a slot (1 and in which is movable a stud d of a set of lazy-tong levers d supfiorted and guided by the bar (1 and ivota y connected with the inner lever d 18-2111 arm (1 provided with a transverse 'ofthe ball of the hand of an said keyboard.

lhandle orkey d, this pivotal connection being provided to permit folding the said arm when the t pewriter is inclosed in its cover or case an it will be seen that the key (1", when in position for use, is to the right and in "front of the keyboard 0 and at such a distance therefrom as to be in the position operator on the Connected with the outerendof the levers d is a cable 0 which is passed around two pulleys and e and thence to the other end of the carriage b-where it is secured and it will be seen that, when the arm (i is de pressed into its alternate position, the levers 11 close and the carriage is drawn toward the pulley e? to its full limit and is then in its initial position for beginning a new line of writing or, if desired, said carriage may be drawn to any intermediate position. for ta'bulating or any other purpose and, in the process of writing, said carriage passes again toward the left of the machine by thetension always providedcfor this purpose.

.At the left of the keyboard 0 shown a key f whichis connected with a "trip f by means of a rod f saidtrip bearing normally .upon a lock it normally engaging a rack'h secured to the carriage b and at t is shown a fingerwhich is operated, either by the s ace key 01' anyof the printing keys, tower the said rack and therethrough and forcing the lock h out of engagement with the said rack whereby the spacing between letters or words is accom lished and,'if the key f be drawn toward t e operator, said lock it is again re-v leasedfrom the rack and, the fin er 1' not being in engagement with the racr at' this time, the carriage is free to pass to its limit of movementorto a position where the lock h. is againo erative through the release of the key-f, and t us the carriage may be controlled for tabulating or other purposes in its movement towardthe left and by the key d mov in it toward the right.

' arious methods other than the lazy-tong levers shown and described may be used to accomplish the desired result and other 7 changes in and modifications of the carriage control may be made without departing from the spirit of-this invention or sacrificing its advanta esand,with this reservation,

What claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is v 1. In combination with the carriage of a typewriter and the platen thereof, a longitudinal bar at one end of the typewriter frame having a slot along its length, a set of lazy tong levers arranged at one side of said bar, a stud carried by said levers and operatingin said slot, and a flexible connection connected to said levers and to the opposite end of the carriage.

2. In combination with the carriage of a typewriter and the platen thereof, a longitudinal bar at one end of the typewriter frame having a slot along its length, a set of lazy tong levers arranged at one side of said bar, a stud carried by said levers and operating in said slot, a pulley at the end of said bar, a second pulleyat right angles to said first pulley, and a cable connected to said point thereon, an arm connected to the foremost of said levers, an inwardly extending transverse-handle, secured to said arm, and a cable connected to tte outermost'of said levers passing over said pulley and secured to said carriage. v

4. In coinl "nation with the carriage of a typewriter, a set of lazy tong levers arranged at right angles to said carriage, arfoperating arm connected to the foremost of said levers, a pulley at the rear end of said levers, a cable connected to the rear of said levers and to the carriage and passing over said p ll means for conducting said cable from said pulley to said carriage, a pro ection carried by said levers and means for receiving and guiding said projection during the movement of said levers.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 21st day of October, 1907.

CHARLES M. SORENSEN/ Witnesses:

GEO. F. BENTLEY, A. J. MoTTLAN. 

